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C2YC Past Award Recipients

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Dean, Richard Bland College 2009 – Nancy W. Bentley, Moraine Valley Community College 2008 – Sarah Evenson-Merranko, College of Southern Maryland 2007 – Not awarded 2006 – Kari Kahler, Northwestern Michigan College 2005 – Nancy W.

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Press Release: ACPA Renames Professional Development Event to the Paul Shang Institute for Aspiring SSAOs

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His career in higher education spans his first role as a research assistant in the Office of Minority Student Affairs at Florida State University in 1977 until his retirement in 2016 as the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at the University of Oregon.

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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So much of my career I did my scholarship in the field of election law,” said Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University. “I Barack Obama in 2008, he said. He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. I find it very interesting, and I find it really important for our society.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. Ong-Dean, C. How did we get here? Ne’eman, A.

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Teacher shortage tied to education programs' enrollment drop

Inside Higher Ed

Between 2008 and 2019, the number of students completing traditional teacher education programs in the U.S. Duke said that by increasing outreach to nontraditional students and offering more scholarships, the state is slowly building interest among prospective teachers. Still, the road to recovering pre-recession numbers is long.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. Ong-Dean, C. How did we get here? Ne’eman, A.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

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Since 2017, she has been on the staff at East Coast Polytechnic Institute University, where she initially worked as an online program and faculty director for arts and sciences, after which she advanced to the post of dean of arts and sciences in 2019. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. Lawrence, R. Janzen, K.